Employee at the Institute for Internal Combustion Engines and Powertrain Systems since June 2009.

New materials and sensor technologies

• Analysis and evaluation of innovative temperature and pressure measuring systems for combustion engines
• Fuel saving potential for combustion engines by improved sealing systems
• Application of an absolute crank angle encoder on test engines for extended start- stop functions

Simulation

• Simulation of plug-in hybrid vehicles according to the ECE regulations
• Analysis of hybrid vehicle concepts’ efficiency, fuel consumption and costs

Optimization of heavy duty diesel engines

• Low temperature EGR experiments for improved NOx and soot emissions
• High pressure 2-staged turbo charging
• Certification procedures of heavy duty vehicles
• DoE based optimization of emissions and fuel consumption

• System Administration Groupware
• Administrative maintenance of student supporting staff
• Consumable tubing materials for gas and fluids
• First-Aider

• Use of low-temperature EGR systems to meet future emission targets, 6th International MTZ Conference “Heavy-Duty, On- and Off-Highway Engines”, Kiel, 2011
• Optimization of Exhaust Gas Recirculation: Reduction of Emissions and Fuel Consumption, Aachener Kolloquium für Fahrzeug- und Motortechnik, Aachen, 2011
• CO2NSEAL – Dynamische Dichtsysteme zur CO2-Reduzierung und Verbesserung motorischer Wirkungsgrade von Antriebssystemen und Energieerzeugungsanlagen mit integrierten Sensorikelementen zur Zustandsdetektion von Dichtungen und Lagerungen; Wing 2011; Berlin, 2011
• Potentiale hybridisierter Nutzfahrzeuge. Motorentechnische Zeitschrift (MTZ) 06|2011, 72. Jahrgang., Wiesbaden, 2011
• Hybridization of Communal Vehicles, 5. Internat. MTZ-Fachtagung „Heavy-Duty-, On- und Off-Highway-Motoren“, Mannheim, 2010